> I'm thinking about getting a slightly larger pot, say 100ml with a bigger
> (diameter) spout and orifices.
>
> Cheers
> Mal
> Oz
> (Drinking: 2000 Phoenix cooked tuo cha; 1988 Xiaguan raw tuo cha)

Maybe it is that you are putting too much tea in the pot. For the
clog, you can use a toothpick or your cable tie method. When you say
"bitty", do you mean bits of tea leaf that have been broken or do you
mean the tea had been reduced to dust perhaps because of mistreatment
while in tuo form?